But for + Present Conditional (should/would + iнфінітив без частки to)– Unreality in the Present

CONDITIONALS

BUT FOR

But for + Present Conditional ( should/would + iнфінітив без частки to) – Unreality in the Present

But for you they would never guess it.

But for + Past Conditional ( should/would + перфектна форма дієслова) – Unreality in the Past

But for the weather they would have gone out for a walk.

IN YOUR(HIS, HER, OUR, THEIR, MY) PLACE

In your place+Present Conditional ( should/would+iнфінітив без частки to) –Unreality in the Present

In your place I would go there immediately.

In your place+Past Conditional ( should/would + перфектна форма дієслова) – Unreality in the Past

In your place I would have done that long ago.

IF I WERE YOU

If I were you+Present Conditional ( should/would+iнфінітив без частки to) –Unreality in the Present

If I were you I would keep it in secret.

If I were you+ Past Conditional ( should/would + перфектна форма дієслова) – Unreality in the Past

If I were you I would have sold that car long ago.

I WISH

I wish + Present Subjunctive II ( Past Simple) - Unreality in the Present

I wish he were here.

I wish (wished) + Past Subjunctive II ( Past Perfect) – Unreality in the Past

I wish she had been able to dance.

Wish + would – to complain that people do the wrong thing, when we want something to happen or to change or when we want somebody to do something.

I wish they would turn the TV down. It’s too loud.

AS IF (THOUGH)

As if (though) + Present Subjunctive II ( Past Simple) - Unreality in the Present

He talks as if he had a bad cold.

As if (though) + Past Subjunctive II ( Past Perfect) – Unreality in the Past

I feel as if I had eaten too much.

When the principal clause is in the past tense and if the action of the subordinate clause coincides in time with the action of the principle clause, Past Simple is used in the subordinate clause

She grew to feel as if she knew a great deal about it.

IT IS NATURAL (NECESSARY, etc)

It is natural (important, necessary, incredible, impossible, unbelievable, strange, improbable, odd, unbearable)+Present Suppositional Mood (should+Infinitive)–B.E. / Subjunctive I (Infinitive)-Am.E.

It is natural that children should like to play with different toys.

It is necessary that he go there at once. It is necessary that he be there in time.

It is natural (important, necessary, incredible, impossible, unbelievable, strange, improbable, odd, unbearable) + Past Suppositional Mood (should + Perfect Infinitive) when the action in the subordinate clause took place before the action of the principal clause.

It is incredible that he should have crossed the English Channel.

WOULD RATHER (WOULD PREFER)

Would rather (would prefer) + bare Infinitive – to denote preference

I would rather close the window.

Would rather (would prefer) + Perfect bare Infinitive – to express past action

I would rather not have done it yesterday.

HAD BETTER(SHOULD/OUGHT TO)

Had better + bare Infinitive – to give advice for a certain situation (present)

They had better play football.

Had better + Perfect bare Infinitive (past)

You had better come to.

When the sentence begins with “only if”, we invert the subject and the verb in the clause of result:

Only if you save your money, will you be able to buy a car.

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